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Offline plimmerian

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Seasonal Surnames
« on: Friday 18 December 20 11:07 GMT (UK) »
What festive season surnames should I search for in my local cemetery?

I've already found 22 "Dickens"

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Re: Seasonal Surnames
« Reply #1 on: Friday 18 December 20 11:38 GMT (UK) »
Not sure about your local cemetery but...

I was in school with a girl with surname Snow

2 work colleagues named Holly

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South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland:- Bowie, Campbell, Cumming, Currie

Ireland:- Cullen, Flannigan (Derry), Donahoe/Donaghue (variants) (Cork), McCrate (Tipperary), Mellon, Tol(l)and (Donegal & Tyrone)

Newcastle-on-Tyne/Durham (Northumberland):- Harrison, Jude, Kemp, Lunn, Mellon, Robson, Stirling

Kettering, Northampton:- MacKinnon

Canada:- Callaghan, Cumming, MacPhee

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Re: Seasonal Surnames
« Reply #2 on: Friday 18 December 20 11:59 GMT (UK) »
I used to work with a Mrs Christmas,
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Granath Sweden and London
Garner, Marylebone Paddington  Northolt Ilford
Garner, Devon
Garner New Zealand
Maddieson
Parkinson St Pancras,
Jenkins Marylebone Paddington
Mizon/Mison/Myson Paddington
Tindal Marylebone Paddington
Tocock, (name changed to Ellis) London
Southam Marylebone, Paddington
Bragg Lambeth 1800's
Edermaniger(Maniger) Essex Kent Canada (Toronto)
Coveney Kent Lambeth
Sondes kent and London

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Re: Seasonal Surnames
« Reply #3 on: Friday 18 December 20 12:25 GMT (UK) »
There are 4 beginning with Snow**** , 3 with Holly**** , 11 with Christ**** and 13 with Gold****

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Re: Seasonal Surnames
« Reply #4 on: Friday 18 December 20 12:34 GMT (UK) »
Winter
Bell, Salter, Street - Devon, Middlesbrough.
Lickess- North Yorkshire, Middlesbrough.
Etherington - North Yorks and Durham.
Barker- North Yorks
Crooks- Durham
Forster- North Yorks/Durham
Newsam, Pattison, Proud - North Yorks.
Timothy, Griffiths, Jones - South Wales

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Re: Seasonal Surnames
« Reply #5 on: Friday 18 December 20 13:05 GMT (UK) »
Frost
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Re: Seasonal Surnames
« Reply #6 on: Friday 18 December 20 13:13 GMT (UK) »


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Re: Seasonal Surnames
« Reply #7 on: Friday 18 December 20 13:14 GMT (UK) »
there are 5 Winter**** , 8 Frost  and 5 Star****

sadly no Yule!

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Re: Seasonal Surnames
« Reply #8 on: Friday 18 December 20 18:30 GMT (UK) »
I have a Winterflood surname in my Essex ancestry.

No Summerdrought's though.  :)
Researching:

LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET Coombs, Munday
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Budery
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham, Jupp
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk
USA Musgrave, Saix
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain
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